Canterbury Tales
Reeve's tale
Background
Summary
Everyone goes to bed in a small dark room. The boys know the MIller stole some grain so Alan goes and sleeps with the MIller's daughter and John sleeps with his wife. After Alan is done he goes to crawl next to John to tell him that he has slept with the beautiful daughter but he had accidentally cawed up next to the Miler and the Miller is of course outraged and the room breaks out in a fight. The Miller crashes down on his wife and she thinking it was one of the boys, hits the Miler right in the head adn he is knocked out. The boys get there stuff and the daughter tells Alan that the miller stole grain and made in into a cake and it is in the barn. The boys grab all there grain and leave. Know the MIller is left with no grain and his family screwed.
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Vocab
beguiler- to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
parson- a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor;rector.
fluttery- to throw into nervous or tremulous excitement; cause mental agitation; confuse
scrofula- primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck